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Ensure planning and field coordination of project activities, especially in the area of case management and protection, with internal and external stakeholders

• Participate in planning, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluating social work activities in the community

• Participate in the weekly or monthly HI activity planning meetings

• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly field activity plans

• Participate in field activities with the project team

Implement field activities in collaboration with other consortium partners respecting the referral pathway

Take the lead role in conducting weekly case management meetings with other project staff to ensure all services are received and followed up to closure.

• Implement, facilitate, and follow up project activities especially with regards to case management and protection following the project implementation plan

• Conduct a holistic assessment of children identified by the project therapists in need of protection support.

• Organize the lists of identified supported persons, coming from community resource people, community structures and institutions, external referrals received and direct identification.

Act as caseworker:

• Assess the basic and specific needs of the beneficiaries, their caregivers and their families, giving

• particular attention to any protection concerns.

• Develop a case management profile of the child/caregiver according to the situation and

• determine needs and goals, and intervention (Person-centered approach) in collaboration with the beneficiary, his/her caregiver/family and the project technical team.

• Develop an individual/familial case action plan according to the needs and limits of the project design

• Fill approved assessment forms and referral forms as needed

• Organize regular case follow-up and update case follow-up forms according to documentation guidelines

• Discharge individuals according to agreed discharge criteria

• Coordinate an Inclusive case management plan including individual, treatment, and maintaining ongoing contact with relevant actors’ link to the child/caregiver’s needs based on the plan of action

• Link with different stakeholders in the community and participate in relevant coordination meetings in the settlement (in coordination with the project team)

• Manage and implement activities to prevent and respond to children violence and gender-based violence

Refer the supported person to other services when needed:

• Identify needs for referrals to other relevant stakeholders and monitor referrals conducted in coordination with the other project staff.

• Recognize emergency situations or situations that need immediate medical care or protection measures and react in consequence making efforts to ensure that beneficiaries receive the appropriate services.

• Identify different referral points and processes within the settlement and host communities

Participate in data collection, reporting, and other MEAL activities of the project

• Document any protection concerns and report them to your line manager

• Ensure daily quantitative and qualitative reporting through the tools (assessment form, follow-up from, discharge, referral form, and donation certificate) are in place

• Maintain complete data for each person, including detailed descriptions of services provided and evolution of the case; ensuring that all case files, and other records, strictly comply with policies, regulations, and procedures

• Ensure confidentiality and respect all guidelines and documentation within the project

• Contribute to the organization of the weekly plan within the multidisciplinary team i.e., PT, OT, Speech therapist and Psychologist.

• Produce weekly activity reports and contribute to the development of project reports using HI Uganda MEAL templates

• Ensure proper documentation and reporting of each individual’s case and data analysis in collaboration with the PM and MEAL officer

• Participate in project review workshops

• Know, understand, apply and respect the HI code of conduct and ethics, HI mandate and values, HI rules and operating procedure, HI policies (child protection policy, policy and mechanism for the prevention of and fight against bribery, the protection of beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse policy) and make sure they are known, understood, applied and respected by its team

• Know, understand, apply and respect HI security rules and make sure they are known, understood and applied by her/his team.

• Contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality to contribute to HI’s effective humanitarian response